Famous Quotes

"Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things."

Adam Smith on Money

More quotes about Money

• "When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life now that I am old I know that it is."

  Oscar Wilde on Money

• "A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."

  John Ruskin on Money

• "Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants."

  Benjamin Franklin on Money

• "The lack of money is the root of all evil."

  Mark Twain on Money

• "Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it."

  Mark Twain on Money

More quotes by Adam Smith

• "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest."

• "The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence."

• "The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals."

• "All money is a matter of belief."

• "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."